How does that make sense?” Russian President Vladimir Putin said, two hours into his Dec. 19 press conference at the Kremlin.  Your answer to that question depends on which of two parallel realities you inhabit: one where Russia is a potential strategic partner of the United States,

PARIS (AP) — Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage, has been freed in a prisoner swap with France, officials said Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron said on X that ...

For all of the caterwauling about Trump’s supposed pro-Russia sympathies, his decision to strike at Russia’s “ghost fleet” is unprecedented—and likely to cause enormous pain to the Kremlin. For nearly a decade, President Donald Trump’s domestic ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted Ukraine and Russia are "closer than ever before" to a peace deal as he hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Florida resort, but he acknowledged that negotiations are ...

A network of websites known as “Portal Kombat” is spreading messages about U.S. military hardware, according to tracking firms. By Julian E. Barnes Reporting from Washington In the days since the U.S. raid in Venezuela, a network of Russian propaganda ...